Risks Are Everywhere

by Alan, Sonoma 

A lot of people are scared or afraid to take risks and do things that they think they can’t accomplish. They have a fear pushing them back from being successful and they give up on their dreams. 

They don’t realize that in order to be successful and they give up on their dreams. They don’t realize that in order to be successful, you need to take risks to learn something new. 

Each day you live is full of risks, whether it’s driving to work, or getting a new job. Or learning a new sport. You just don’t realize it. And each day, you gain strength, courage, and confidence to do it again. 

When I was younger as a kid, I was afraid of a lot of things. And as time went by, I learned to face my fears. And I knew that after that, I would be ready to face the next chapter that was to come. 

When I was about ten, I got into my first boxing match. I was afraid. I was afraid that I would lose the fight, or that I would get hit too hard and not be able to fight back. I lost that fight, and then I had a fear that I would never want to fight again. 

I got back up and tried again, and won my second fight, little by little. But I won. I learned to face my fear that day, and I was ready for the next time that was to come.

When I was sixteen, I lost my closest cousin in my family to the streets. I had fear. I was afraid that I could be next, and I thought about my family. 

Days went by and I learned to face my fear and remain solid. Now, I can control it, but I still have a lot of years to go. What I’m trying to say is that everybody has a fear.

A lot of people don’t like to share it, and hide it, because they’re afraid people might use it against them. That’s another fear. When you face your fear, you learn something new about yourself that you didn’t know before. 

Fear is in everybody in some way. First you learn how to face it, and then you could control it. Don’t let fear control all the things that you can achieve and didn’t know about yourself.